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How can I get him to stop biting?

My 1 year old is a little chomper. He has 8 teeth and he puts them to good use. He tries to bite on us allll the time. We get bruises and teethmarks, we tell him "NO" but he continues to do it. Sometimes it seems like its on purpose but I dont like thinking that. Any suggestions on how to make him stop PLEASE???

scream oww, no! and pop him in his mouth(not hard) just enough to hurt his feelings. i dont have to do this to my 17month old but when she does go to bite i tell her no bite.when she has bittin me befor i just screamed ow, no bite and she started crying.

My daughter tried that for about a week. She would come give us "kisses" but they would be bites. We don't hesitate to pop her hand or butt and thats all over now. She usually listens to "NO" but that didnt work with the biting.

When he bites take his hands firmly and say Mommy or Daddy does not like that, put him in a special place and do not engage with him for about a minute. When you pick him back up tell him when you bite this is where you will sit... it takes a little while , but I promise it will work. My DS was a biter, as was I--when he is in the naughty place do not look at him or speak to him, good luck MOM!!

I'm sure its not hard but I would never hit my kid in the mouth or really anywhere. I was spanked and it really messed me up. anyway, we use time outs. They work when you are consistant. The best thing with them I've found is putting the child on the floor. It seems to have the effect of making them feel mentally as low as they physically are. They know they just got dethrowned- and 1 isn't too young to start. DD was getting time outs at 1 occasionally and it made a huge difference. Just do it every single time he bites no matter where you are. I would also say "we do NOT bite/whatever" as I sat her down. then after 30 sec, I'd say it again more gently and give her a hug. Somtimes she'd end right back on time out but stick with it. much better than hitting your child in the face.

if ur talking about me being the POP mom,if u read right, i said i never had to do this to my kid. i have alot of neices and nepews and it seemed to work for my sisters when they did that.and pop doesnt mean slap.

My son did the same thing. He would come up and try to bite my knees when I was sitting down. It's very common for toddlers to bite, as they are getting used to those new chompers they have. I would tell my son "No" and pull him away from me. I'd tell him "We don't bite, that hurts". Then if he did it again I'd tell him again "No, we don't bite" and then warn him if he does it again he's going to time out. When he does it again or tries to do it again I scoop him up and put him in time out. Time outs work for us and he repsonds to them most of the time by not going back to what he was doing. If he is in a stuborn mood and doesn't want to stop what he's doing then I try to distract him by showing him what he can bite on. I hand him his favorite teething toy and tell him "This is what you can chew on, but don't bite mommy." That has been known to work too, because then he gets distracted. His biting stage didn't last long.